I woke up this morning with a pain at the front of my neck, just where my windpipe is and a pain in one of my ears when I swallowed and I know its this type of pain that is in your neck that spreads to your ear at the same time that can sometimes be sinister. It lasted for about 10 minutes and was only whenever I swallowed. Having read so much about Michael Douglas and Oesophagal cancer Im fretting the pain was due to some kind of tumour growing in my throat, and that although the symptom doesnt seem very scary on the face of it that this is an early sign of the disease that most people would dismiss. I kind of know im being a tad dramatic but also think what if it is an early warning and im ignoring it! Plus Ive been reading that the oesophagus is made up of similar cells to the cervix, and I currently have cell pre-cancerous cell changes of the cervix! I dont think my changes could possibly be caused by HPV but I havent actually been given an explanation for them so I guess they could be...